Story of the Week
March 16, 1998
Rita Tourangeau was raised in Edmonton, Alberta. She came to Vancouver when she was 20 years old. She is a mother of two children, TJ Marshall and Carrie. Rita has been a student at the King Edward Campus of the Vancouver Community College for two years. Her goal is to complete her Grade 12 so she can get a job in the future.
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Children Can Be Racist
by Rita Tourangeau
When I was eight or ten years old, I was in a foster home with four boys and one girl. I was the only one that was a different color. It made me feel mad because they couldn't see what kind of person that I was. They always called me names like Indian squaw and dumb Apache' Indian. Those names really hurt me, so I turned around and started to fist fight because I thought that would solve my problems. I did not like to fist fight because the thought of being hurt is worse than name calling. Being a child is not easy in this world because some parents don't take the time to teach their children.
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